How Could I Make A Warrior Out Of Him? [Tesh Private]

[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Morning rose over the port town of the second floor to mark a beginning to another day in the world of sword art online. Sliding the blankets off of her small frame, Rue slide out of her bed and stretched her arms up. Her back curved out in response to her stretching as she turned to her bed. Neatly making her bed, she opened her door and slid it close as she made her way to the bathroom. Before entering the bathroom, she looked over to the sleeping grey haired man. He was still sound asleep, it was to be expected as it was still rather early in the day. Brushing her teeth and washing her face, Rue did her unnecessary morning ritual as always. Changing out of her light blue pajamas and into her gear. Her new leather armor clung tightly to her as it mostly consisted of a leather breastplate with faulds. Leather tight high boots with a calcum grieve and poleyn on her right leg and a calcum pauldron on her right shoulder. A small layer of calcum chainmail laid atop her bare spots. Rue kept her armor light, but made sure to defend the areas open to the most amount of attack well defended. Putting her sword on her right hip, and keeping her shield tucked away in her inventory for the time being. Rue exited her bathroom and moved to the living room. Looking down at Tesh, who still snored away as his body lay sprawled out on the futon. Leaving him for now, Rue left to apartment to go and get some breakfast. The town still stayed fairly empty as most players and npcs were still asleep. Going to a nearby inn and ordering a american style breakfast for Tesh and a more homey one for herself. Coming back home, the man was still asleep, with small amounts of drool wetting one of her pillows. Her eyes narrowed and her face puffed out a little, ( Is he going to sleep all day)!? Placing the food down and readying some black tea for themselves. Standing over the lazy man as she held out her hand over him. A blue light flashed over her hand as it formed into the sack that she used in yesterday's training session, However this time it was twice the bag’s side. As it finished forming Rue positioned it over the man’s chest as she let go and watched the bag fall.

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[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

It was the first time in Tesh’s entire life that he was able to fall asleep so easily and peacefully, the night before he wasn’t even able to keep his open long enough for his mind to take over from all of the thoughts and memories that plagued his mind from the real world and this one. Maybe it was from just how exhausted he was, or maybe it was because he was now with somebody he was able to feel safe with. He knew that yesterday she tried to cut his neck, but he didn’t feel like she really wanted it to happen, he felt the opposite actually, almost as if she had to do it but she didn’t want it to happen, she wanted him to dodge and fight back, not just for the training of his stamina, but for him to also grow in himself. This is why Tesh was able to feel safe with Rue. He knew that she wanted him to grow and get stronger, she didn’t want to hurt him, but she had to put him through hell in order to see the world for what it was and not continue his naïve composure and manner, holding that and carrying it on throughout the rest of this game. It would end up getting him killed after all, she was trying to break it probably, as well as make him a skilled fighter. It was the deepest slumber that Tesh has ever experienced, it seemed like he was never going to wake up again from how wonderful it was for him, not to have a nightmare again; come to think, it was the first time that he had ever had a full night’s sleep, and on top of that he didn’t have a nightmare that caused him to wake up in a sweat and panic. He was having pleasant dreams, and the deep state of sleep that he was finally able to achieve made his body so happy that it even showed on him, smiling peacefully in his sleep. He usually woke up rather earlier but because of this deep slumber he wasn’t on his typically schedule now which led him not to wake up. With his eyes closed, mouth smiling, slightly drooling from just how deep the sleep was, he was suddenly woken up out of nowhere when the large sack of gear that Rue used with him the previous day, that seemed to be even heavier now, was dropped onto his chest. He woke up immediately, shocked, and with his breathe taken away, just like that time before when Rue shield bashed him in the stomach and made him feel like puking. With a rather loud grunting sound escaping his vocal chords, one that was forced out from the pits of his diaphragm. He saw the narrow-eyed Rue looking down at him, trying to get his breathe back, he rolled off of the futon, falling to the ground face first, still short of breathe as he tried to pick himself up off the floor. Struggling because of the sheer weight of the sack felt as if it could have collapsed his chest inside of itself, he finally gets himself turned around and sitting on the ground with his arms behind his back propping himself up, breaths getting deeper as he stared up at Rue who seemed a little displeased with him. She walked back over to her breakfast and tea and pointed her head and eyes in the direction of the food that she got him, inviting him over to eat as well. Getting his breath somewhat back he managed to get himself up off of the floor and walk over to Rue who had gotten him an American Style breakfast and made them both tea, which was more than enough to make him happy again, even after what he just went through. He raised his head after digging into his food, looking at Rue very happily, and said “thank you very much.” He continued to eat his food with delight and enjoyment, this was the first time that he got to eat a real breakfast in this world. It was wonderful for him, just like the previous night when Rue got him the Lamb stew that made everything so worth it. He looked back at Rue while they continued to eat, “That was probably the best night of sleep that I have ever had in so long, I didn’t have that nightmare again, I haven’t been able to get over that since forever now, and this was the first time I hadn’t had it, thank you.”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Watching as Tesh struggled with the giant bag. He rolled over causing the sack and him to smack on the floor creating a loud bang that would likely wake up the entire building. Luckly the apartments seemed to be in a sperate world all to their own. He catches his breath and faces her. Staring at him Rue gives him a reminder, " I told you not to sleep in". Walking away and sitting down where she had laid out the breakfast and tea for them. After picking himself off of the floor Tesh moved over to the table and happily dug into his food. Looking back up at her thanking her for the meal, Rue nodding looking away from his gross eating habits. As poor as his eating habits were, Rue was happy to she that he was enjoying his meal. Letting out a small quiet giggle as she eat her food with proper manners. Tesh looked back at Rue stopped eating and looked to him. Rue's eyes looked with interest as he talked about his sleep and how it was the best he ever had for awhile. Rue thought it was just mere flattery as her assumption was halted by mention of his nightmares. The things that bothered her was him having the same nightmare again and again. What trauma could of caused such an affect on him. Looking at him with a focused, but kind expression and tone. Rue hoped to make sure that whatever was bothering him would not affect him in the future. " What do you mean, not being about to get over it? What happened that is causing these nightmare, or were causing these nightmares? If it's to personal you don't have to tell me, but if it affects your ability to fight I will be more adamant about these nightmares". Looking away and continuing to eat, " Whatever happened is in the past you can not change it, just accept that it happened and move on. Memories can not hurt you unless you allow them to". Giving him a small smile as her amber eyes looked into him looking soft as honey. " We have a lot of training to do, and it's going to be more difficult and dangerous then the last. If you don't focus you will die or get seriously hurt".

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv1

After Tesh expressed to Rue about his struggles with sleep, in regards to the persistent nightmares that continued to haunt him ever since that fateful day in the real world, her response shocked him. She became sweet towards him in a caring way, with the softest eyes that she had given to him than ever before, she looked at him sympathetically and questioned what it was exactly that was troubling him, and expressed to him that if it was something that would interfere with his training and fighting it could be a larger issue than any other, causing him to potentially end up getting killed. He never thought that someone would ever ask him this, especially with the caring aspect that Rue had about asking it, from her appearance he was able to tell that she only wanted to help him grow past it. Yes, it was personal, obviously, but that wouldn’t keep Tesh from expressing himself towards her, after all that she has done to help him move forward she obviously cared about him in some manner or another, moreover than any other person has yet so far in this world, but was she really going to be okay to hear what it was about? It’s a dark matter after all, something that he would never be able to forget, but definitely something that he could get better at coping with. He looked back at Rue and asked if she really wanted to hear it? “After all, this isn’t something petty, it’s something dark that I will never truly be able to forget, but hopefully get better at dealing with.” He said to her in a serious voice, one that he had never used before to anyone in this world. She nodded back to him though, with those compassionate amber eyes, telling him that it was okay to say it, and that she wanted to be there and hear it, and help him through it. So he took in a deep breath, filling his lungs, and clenching onto the fork slightly, as he began to tell her his past. “Well…it was a few years ago now, not in this world, back in at home universe. I was still in school at the time, living at home with my…um, s-sister…It was just us, our mother died when giving birth to her, and our father was a business man who was never home and working from place to place all over the globe, trying to make enough money to send us back home to live somewhat comfortably. My sister and I were rather close, being that she was the only person I had. We were both bullied terribly throughout our entire lives in school…no one looked at us normal, like we were some foreign race from outer space, and never treated us like people. It was painful for us both, but more so for her. I was able to get by without caring because of video games and anime, as well as having her, the only person to have cared for me. It went on for a long time, she was treated worse than I was most of the time, causing incredible amounts of pain and stress. I won’t go into the details of how but it was bad…Well anyways, um… One day before school, she um, just kind of snapped…y’know? She couldn’t take it anymore, and she looked at me, trying to get me to help her do something terrible to all those kids at the school…but…I-I, I wasn’t strong enough to stop her…. She wanted to kill them… but I wasn’t strong enough to stop her…she left while I sat there on the ground questioning what I was and why I was so weak…so I ran…as far away as I could and made a deal with the devil to become strong enough to face her…. But I was too late…When I got to the school, there was…um, blood…a lot, everywhere…I walked inside to see all of the students dead in the hallway…I kept walking though, I needed to find her…and when I did I watched her kill the last student there…with a gunshot to the head…I still wasn’t able to say anything…my lungs...couldn’t…She saw me, and walked over to me, but I was too weak to take the gun…I collapsed to the floor, closing my eyes, and when I opened them…I saw…all I-I saw, was my s-sister, pull the trigger…and she ended, her life… Tears, began to flow from his cheeks, dripping down onto his plate of food, with his head pointed downwards. “I think…that being here with you takes that pain away somehow... I don’t know why but I feel like I have somebody again when I’m here…I think that’s why I slept well…” He wiped away the tears from his eyes and his face, getting himself back together the best he could. Still trembling slightly as he tried to take another scoop from his meal, he said in a soft voice to Rue, “So…thank you…for everything”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv5

Rue steeled herself as she nodded, but kept her soft and caring tone towards Tesh on the outside. His story started off dire from the start and only got worse as it continued on. Listening and not showing sighs of sadness or horror as he continued to speak. Keeping her sweet expression through the entire tale as Tesh got more and more upset as he continued to speak. Finishing his story he was visible distraught as tears rolled down his face and onto his food. It seems he is haunted by the death of his sister and the other students. He blames himself from not standing up for his sister and causing all of the death of the students and his sister. Continuing he said that being around her made him feel like he had someone again. Rue could understand as she had found her sister who has done the same for her and she is doing for Tesh. As he wiped away his tears and tried to gather himself, he thanked Rue for everything as he went back to his food. Leaving her chair and moving next to Tesh. Sitting closer to him, Rue would hold his hands and get him to look at her. Looking at him with her honeyed eyes and soft features, she spoke to him with a compassionate voice. " None of that was your fault Tesh you must know that. You can't blame yourself for the actions of others. You can't change what has happened, don't let it rule you and who you go about your life". Taking out a tissue, she pats her wet face and dries his tears. " I don't know what you think getting stronger will do, it won't help you in protecting others. Weapons are tools of death, and leaning to use a weapon is the way of death. Killing only hurts more then it helps, right now where trapped in a game of life and death. You can chose life and stay in town you don't have to fight, no one will judge you for not wanting to fight". Rue hugs him and rubs his back. " You can stay here as long as you want, you don't have to fight. As a person who has killed, I can tell you that you will never be the same after. It's soul tearing, it makes your insides turn inside out. The feeling of destroying another's life even if they were a bad person is never a good feeling". Bring herself away from Tesh she looks at him with caring eyes. " I don't want to teach you to kill, I don't want you to relive your past. I want you to live for the future, one that you truly want. Not one that is guided by guilt or fear".

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv2

Staring back down at his food trying to eat and compose himself again, Rue got out of her seat and sat next to him, consoling him. Tesh was worried about how Rue would take what he had just told her, he knew how intense it really was, and most people wouldn't know what to do with that information. He knew she was strong in herself though and wasn't too concerned for her own being but he was concerned how she would act towards him now that she knew. She acted a lot more caring than he had ever experienced with her, she took his hand and dried his eyes for him, she told him it wasn't his fault and that he can't blame himself. He knew that it wasn't his fault, and he wasn't trying to fix the past, he already tried doing that for so long. Over the past year he had come to finally accept her death and the actions that she took, even though he didn't agree with them, he did accept it. He looked up at Rue, staring into her concerned eyes, he told rue in a calm but serious voice, “I know what I'm doing, I know that getting stronger wont do anything for the past now, and I know It won't let me protect people… I realize what I am doing… I'm learning how to kill.” He was well aware that this training wasn’t to learn how to protect others or try to fix some error inside of him. He wanted to kill the man responsible for all of the lives that he has and was continuing to take by the means of this game. He continued to stare back into her consoling eyes as he went on to tell her that “this is my goal...I want to kill that man, that man who is taking our lives and playing with them like it’s some game.” Rue continued consoling him by grabbing onto him, hugging him and rubbing his back, while she continued to go to him about how he could stay with her as long as he wanted to and confessed to him, from her own experience, that she killed people already, and the burden that weighs on her, the guilt, even if that person was evil. Tesh wasn’t shocked by her words. From the very beginning of their first day in the town dueling and even on their first session in training, he could see it, through her eyes, and in her behavior, that she carried this weight. He didn’t look at her any different, even when she told him this information that he somewhat knew already. She pulled herself away from him, breaking eye contact, and told him “I don't want to teach you to kill, I don't want you to relive your past. I want you to live for the future, one that you truly want. Not one that is guided by guilt or fear." Tesh was taken back from her words. He was happy that she wanted him to be safe, living in her house as long as he wanted, and not wanting to see him damage his heart and soul anymore from what would probably happen if she continued to train him and if he continued to follow the path that he was walking, but it slightly pissed him off that she thought he was following a path guided by guilt and fear. Tesh never gets angry, so this was a different feeling for him, one that he didn’t like. After the words fell off of her lips he stood up and took a step back from the table. Looking down at Rue, with a deeper, more serious voice, he told her, “You don’t think I know what death feels like on the soul? I know it all too well. If you think that I am doing this because I want to make amends to my sister and the ones that she killed you are wrong. Yes, I am I have fear, but that is what lets me know I'm still human, and not some NPC, aimlessly walking throughout this game waiting for it to end. I live for the future everyday of my life, that is why I am here, that is why I challenged you to a duel. I want to get stronger so I can continue to walk on this road, so I can continue to be human. If you worried so much for me and the guilt that I might have when something bad happens later down this path, than don’t give up on me. Stay with me and we can share in that pain...because either way...I will continue this path to get stronger...I will continue to fight...and I will kill that motherfucking disgrace of a human being that created this game.” Tesh, breathing heavily, shaking slightly from the intense feelings that just swarmed through his body, sat back down at the table where Rue was sitting. No longer making eye contact with her, about to take another bite of his meal, he said one last thing, in a calm tone, back to his normal composure, “I...I’m sorry I just did that... I don’t ever get this way usually… but please, you have to understand, it’s just a nightmare that the devil uses to try to take me back, back to being a sorry man that blames himself for everything.” He turned his head and looked at her, “I’m not going to give up.”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv6

Rue watched as Tesh stood up and looked down at her with a serious expression. One that she had never seen before. He may say that it is not about the past or about his sister. If that were true he would not be plagued by the nightmares of her and the students of his school. As he talked about him saying she is wrong, and how he just wants to kill the man behind this twisted prison. Rue kept calm as her eyes narrowed with every words, as he talked down to he. He had no right to be mad with her, she had done nothing wrong. All she did was try to console him, and stop him from becoming like his sister. Sitting back down as he looked away from her apologetically. His voice went back to a more normal tone as he took another bite of his food. His apology did nothing to dim the flame of anger within the small tank's mind. Rue would not teach him anymore if he lived to kill, and wanting her to stay with him and share the pain. She would not share anything with a bloodthirsty monster like his sister or what he wanted to do. Sitting up and going over to the sack that held the gear. Touching it causing it to glow blue, and putting it into her inventory. Walking to the door with faster and heavy steps then she usually walks. " You want to train, and get stronger. Then let's go". Walking out of the door and making her way down the stairs she did not stop after she spoke with a curt tone of voice at Tesh. Quickly walking past the streets and people of the town. The townsfolk avoided the small girl's cone of vision. As she paced down the streets and into the outskirts of town. Taking the port route out of town. Rue halted as she had exited the town's safe zone. On the horizon boats bobbed up and down on the lake shore, as npcs unloaded their haul of fish. Rue stood on a rocky surface, the ground on the second floor was rarely flat unlike the plains of the first floor. Wind blew across the rocky terrain, as Rue's light aquamarine hair fluttered in the wind as she had her back to the exit of the town. Rue waited for Tesh to catch, up as she formed her shield on her right arm and held the hilt of her sword as she changed her expression to the cold and blank look of death she shown in their duel. The situation was different however, as this fight will not be a duel. Rue will show him what it means to fight to kill. She will see if this is what he really wants.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv2

After Tesh sat back down at the table to finish his breakfast, apologizing for his sudden outburst, he could feel the anger pouring out of Rue from what he just did. It was so much that he didn’t even want to look up at her and look at her in the eyes, he knew what she probably looked like, but he didn’t want to see, the anger that was radiating from her was worse than he had ever experienced with her. Before he was able to finish the meal, he saw Rue’s hand stretch out onto the table and touch the sack of training equipment, storing it back into her inventory once more. The anger was consistent and daunting, this started to frighten Tesh more, making him wonder what was about to happen. Was she going to take back the offer of letting him stay there? Was she going to stop training him? He was absolutely clueless, which made the situation all the more frightening to him. Taking one more bite from his food, she stood up, walking heavily and fast towards the door, the anger even showed through the sounds the floor made when she stomped on the ground walking over to the door. With an even more frightening tone of voice, one that went straight through Tesh’s skin, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand straight up, she told him that if he wanted to train and get stronger then let’s go, walking out the door with the same manner as she had when getting up and moving towards it. She was in a hurry to get out of the town to train, it was even difficult to keep up with her. Barely able to do so, they finally made to the outskirts, right outside of the safe zone. Rue readied her shield in her right arm and sword in left. Finally arriving to the scene, Tesh pulls out his great sword and gets into the neutral stance, preparing himself for the fight. As he looked up at Rue, who was still radiating that anger that she had from earlier, he noticed the look that she had wasn’t like the one that she held during their last training…it was more of the look that she had when they first dueled in the town of new beginning’s; cold and empty. There was more though this time, more behind that cold and empty stare that she was giving him; it reminded him of that stare his sister gave him on that day, and for a moment he was scared. I knew I shouldn’t have acted on those feelings. Tesh thought to himself while standing there getting ready for the fight. Why does she look like her? Is this on purpose? What does this mean? These being the following thoughts before he determined that it didn’t matter and all that did at this point was to fight her with every ounce of strength he had. He grabbed on tightly with his right hand to his sword, taking in a deep breath to clear his mind and heart. He was going to show her at the very least that he was willing to stand by his words, even if they were misplaced with emotion, and take the responsibility for them. Without any more hesitation, he slid his left foot back and pushed from the ground as hard as he could, charging in at her to make the first strike, coming with a meter or two he struck down at her from the right side diagonally, hoping to break her poise with the shield and to make an opening for a second attack.

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv6

Staring Tesh down as he charged towards her with his weapon drawn. Sliding her blade out of her scabbard she readied herself by having her feet apart and standing in more of a neutral stance, with her shield and sword at the ready. No more time for talk as her amber eyes looked trough him. Rue had went back to the time in the manor, when she could not save King or Shadow. Looking at Tesh like he was the caped man, she would show no remorse as he swung down diagonally at her right side. Knowing that he was stronger then her, Rue angled her shield up and inward. As his blade clashed against the metal of her shield sparks flew out as it slid down and off to the ground. Bring her blade down on his neck and flowing with a smack with her shield. Unlike the duel as he moved away, from her attack she would not wait. Rue pressed the attack, keeping close to him and making sure that he could not use he large weapon to it's full ability. Her amber eyes stared through him as she, kept moving around him and pressuring him with attack after attack. Using her shield to keep herself defend at all times, not leaving an opening for him to attack. Compared to how she was in the duel, Rue looked as if she was a whole different swordswomen. Her attacks were fast and her arm only moved when it was going to attack. Her movements were loose, and very difficult to read. By the time you registered her movement her sword would already be at you body. she was much more agile as she kept on the balls of her feat, as she look as if she was floating in the ground. Popping in only to move around or back then attack from the other side. Rue never took her eyes off of Tesh as she closed in with her sword angled to the left of his neck and her shield charging forward attempting to box him into a embrace of pain.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv2

Charging in, making the first strike on Rue, she was able to direct the blow of the attack away from her by angling her shield and pulling in inwards, since if she was to take on the full blow she wouldn’t have been able to brace the impact. With the angle that she made his sword crashed down onto the ground bellow them, dirt and rubble flying up from the sheer force behind the attack. As he came around with her sword to slice at his neck he saw her again for a moment, her face, her whole persona, was different, it was as if she was a completely different person from when he fought her before in training and even when they dueled their first time. Her eyes starred straight though him, as if he was nothing, just a nuisance in the way and that she had to remove that nuisance. The first swing of her blade, coming down on his neck, he was barely able to dodge, turning his head to the left and over, contorting his torso to the right to bring his head down just enough for the blade to graze the ends of his hair. He had to remain at a distance in order to fight her, using the length of his weapon to his advantage, so he dodged backwards after her attack getting back into a neutral stance. It was impossible to keep his distance with her though, even though he was able to level up since the previous day she was still incredibly faster than him, not allowing him to keep his distance. She repeatedly attacked in a manner that was totally different than their previous fights, he attacks were loose but fluid and precise, only able to dodge and block several of the blows, and he took significant damage from the flurry of blows that she was overwhelming him with. A slice in the ribs, across his chest, down his left arm, and even with the pain receptors turned significantly down, it didn’t feel any different to him than getting cut with the blade in real life, the only difference was that there was no blood. He was in the yellow now, and with his arm cut deeply it was extremely difficult for him to use his sword effectively. After trying to make a few more blows, trying to open up her defense, using his sword, and even trying to kick her shield away, it was useless, the sheer difference in level was showing itself between the two players. He was struggling to maintain himself at this point but he wasn’t going to give up. After trying to kick her shield back into herself to make an opening, she charged at him this time. She came with her sword crashing down towards the left side of his neck, but at the same time she was going to shield bash him straight in the chest. His only option was to try to dodge the blade and brace the impact of the shield, since she was too fast for him to bring his sword up to block the attack, especially after being so injured. Trying to bring his head down underneath the blade, that seemed to be the first thing that was going to hit, he was caught off guard when the shield laid into his chest before the blade reached. He was unable to brace for the bash of her shield because of this, causing him to get blown off of his feet down to the ground. Now with Rue pinning him down with her shield, she was able to land the attack on his neck. The blade entered into his skin while lying on the ground, cringing from the pain. He let out a screaming-like sound that was muffled into a yelling sound from the impact of the shield into his chest taking all the breath out of his lungs.

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv6

Rue looked at him while he lay on the ground cringing I pain. Her amber eyes showed no sighs of any mercy being held towards the boy who she had taught, fed and provided a home for him even console him. All of that felt like nothing as she did not even show a inkling of kindness or caring she had shown before. Raising her sword which shimmered in the light as the sun licked the sides of the blade. With one final swing she brought her blade down on his head. At the last minuet she turned the blade to it's side and struck him with a nonlethal attack causing him to lose consciousness. As his eyes rolled back into his head Rue sheathed her sword and put away her shield. Looking at the know unconscious man, she kneeled down and looked at his wounds. She had done quite a number on the man, as she fought him how she would a killer or anyone who fought against there chance of escape or harmed others for their own gain. Sliding her fingers through his hair as her expression grew softer. " I'm sorry Tesh, but I wanted you to feel and see what you would become if you continued to follow this path. You will never feel like you belong with the other players after you become like me or your sister". Cradling his head and legs Rue picked up the man, with some amount of trouble. He was much bigger and heaver than she was, struggling to carry the man Rue marched forward gritting her teeth as she carried her burdens and the older man. Entering her home, Rue did not even try to remove her boots as she begrudgingly stepped on her floor with outside footwear. Moving to the living room and laying the man back onto the futon. Laying him on the futon, Rue looked at the extent of the damage she had cause to him. Red glowing marks riddled his body. Even if it was a game, she had caused the pain to him and felt ashamed in herself as he did not deserves this. Going into her bath room she would grab bandages and hand towels. Getting hot water in a bucket, Rue would clean the marks with the hot water and towels. It would not do anything for his health points, but they would return with sleep. Wrapping the bandages around the wounds, Rue would look at him as she treated his wounds. He looked to be sleeping peacefully, well he was out cold he would not be dreaming as his mind would be trying to regain consciousness. After she treated him, she looked upon the severely injured man with concern. She knew he would be fine in time but would not know how he would react too her when he wakes up. Siting by the side of the bed she remembered the joy he showed when he was eating food. Nodding and bring her expression into a more focused look, she made it her goal to get something that the Tesh would enjoy eating. Standing up and moving to the door, Rue left her apartment and left in search of something that he might find enjoyable to eat. Walking along the town, Rue would buy all manner of foods that she thought might interest him. Fried shrimp to cakes Rue bought tons of food that she hoped her would enjoy. Remembering he said he enjoyed tea, she stopped by a teashop and bought many varieties of teas to drink with him when he awoke.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv2

Heavy, Tesh’s chest felt heavier and heavier as Rue was holding him down, not allowing his lungs to expand to breathe. His strength was draining quickly from the lack of oxygen he was able to get, and so the shield and her weight continued to get heavier, feeling like his chest was going to cave in…trying to just get some small inhale, but it was like he was being grappled by a boa. He was already starting to lose consciousness from not being able to breathe, as he looked up he stared into the eyes of Rue, she still looked mad at him, like she wanted to see him die. He couldn’t do anything, it wasn’t like the last time where he just had to use every ounce of strength to dodge the attack that came swooping down on his neck, and he physically couldn’t do anything about what was happening. Beginning to lose consciousness he had a couple last thoughts run through his head, Is she really going to kill me this time? Why did it have to be like this? … I’m sorry Rue… He thought right before she took her sword and drove it straight into his head the blade went all the way through, the hilt touching the side of his forehead. The pain was worse than anything that she had done previously, all the stabs and slashes were nothing compared to the pain of this last strike. He let out a loud yell as she turned the blade to its side, but before he realized anything, she stuck him in the face with a nonlethal attack, rendering him knocked out. Though it was a nonlethal attack, Tesh truly believed that he was dying right before he went cold. The last thing that he barely got off his lips before he went cold was, “I’m sorry for how I acted Rue…” Everything went blank, dark…cold, there was nothing…Tesh wasn’t even able to dream, there was nothing in his head. All that he could remember was the repeating, ending of his life, with Rue bashing the side of his head with her sword. Before coming back to reality, some of his other senses were starting to kick back into gear as his brain was essentially going through a restart. The two senses that came back to him before he regained consciousness were his hearing and smell, scent being the more potent of the two. His hearing was fading in and out but his sense of smell was strong. He heard what sounded like a door open and creak shut, his nose was filled with wonderful smells, ones that he had never smelt before. He heard some more scuffling about, on the ground possibly? Coming more and more back to his senses he felt the futon that he was laying on shake slightly. Slowly, he opened his eyes up, looking up at the ceiling, which was blurry for a few moments before starting to regain focus. It was a familiar setting to him, he remembered this ceiling, and the feeling of the futon that he was laying on. As he started to regain his mind, the spark of remembering the setting reminded him of what just happened to him earlier that day. His heart began to race again rapidly, slightly panicked, remembering the shield being shoved into his sternum, he sat up quickly yelling Rue’s name. As he saw her sitting at the end of the futon, with more a relaxed stature, all the pain returned from the previous fight, not being fully healed back up yet, he cringed from the pain...eyes tightly shut grabbing onto his left arm, the one that got cut deeply. His breath was heavy and quick, but he tried to calm himself as fast as he could, slowly retaking slower and deeper breaths...he was able to calm down, but the pain didn’t subside. He noticed the bandages that were wrapped around him,he thought to himself that this must have been Rue’s work; he was grateful. The aroma of all the delicious smelling things billowed up his nostrils. With his head still slightly tilted down, eyes still tightly shut from the pain, he said… “Rue…..” Lifting up his head slightly more and opening up his eyes as much as he could, so that he could look at her, he continued to say, “I'm sorry…”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv6

Opening the door and using her foot to push the door open. Rue enters with boxes and bags of food and tea for Tesh when he wakes up. Walking over the the table in the living room and placing the massive amount of food she had gotten on the table. Setting the table with platters of shrimp, salmon, fried octopus and roasted pork on one side. Vegetable bread and soups on another, and tiered pastry trays on the other. Putting the new types of teas she had brought in the kitchen with the others Rue moved to sit to the side of the futon looking down at Tesh. The banganed covered man was still out cold from her fight with him. Looking down in concern and worry and Rue waited for him to regain his consciousness. She was unsure how he would react to her when he awoke. It would be fine if he hated her or feared her, as long as he stopped fighting. She did not want him to fight out of hate for Kayaba as his sister killed out of hate for others. Wanting to become strong just for that would make him become what he was to afraid to face before. Tesh screamed out her name as he raised out of the bed. Rue was surprised at first by his loud awakening, but as she saw cringe in pain and panicking Rue supported him with her hands as she placed with back down on the futon. " Tesh it's okay, relax you're safe. Don't move around quickly you're going to cause yourself more pain". Rue's voice and expression was caring as she slowly placed him back down. He breathing slowed, but the pain did not subside as he calmed down. Looking down at Tesh, as he cringed from the pain. His eyes were barely open, he looked like a baby calf with his weak head movements and half open eyes. He would tilt his head towards her as he looked at the small tank. Calling out her name, Rue listened intently as he slowly pushed out the words " I'm sorry". Looking at him, with confusion. Why would he apologize to her? She was the one who put him in this state. Writing it off as him not thinking clearly, Rue nodded, and told him to rest up. Leaving him, Rue entered the kitchen to prepare some tea for him. Making a ginseng and an assortment of other hards that would help gain his strength back. Rue took out a tea table and placed it by the side of the futon. Making a plate for him she would place it on the tea table alongside his tea. Sliding her hand behind the back of his neck and the other on his stomach. Rue slow and carefully raised him up off of the futon. Looking at him with caring eyes, she spoke softly. " Eating will allow you to recover faster, can you move your arms well enough to eat?... If not i can let you rest some more or.... I can help you with eating your food". Rue felt embarrassed as she talked about feeding him. He was not a child, and did not need her help. The act of feeding Tesh felt very personal and one acquaintances should perform to another. Rue will ignore the social boundaries if she could help Tesh's suffering last not as long if he needed her help.

[Tesh]

"There Is More Than One Way Forward" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ notes Tesh Lv2

After waking up in a frantic and screaming, Rue was looking at him with compassionate eyes again, one’s with concern and a caring nature. Her eyes shifted to a look of confusion after he apologized to, something that he was not surprised about, after all, she never did react normally to him apologizing to her. Laying his head back down on the futon she expressed to him that he needed to rest up and relax. She left his side to go off into the kitchen, and for the moment he thought to himself, well at least she’s no longer angry, and not acting like she was earlier…that was frightening as hell. He heard her making some noise off in the kitchen, the aroma from the tea that she was brewing in the kitchen wafted throughout the entire room…it was a pleasant smell, a relaxing one. She walked back out from the kitchen with a tea table and propped it up to side, next to the futon. Just hearing her softer footsteps, rather than the one’s earlier in the day, with how heavy they were, put him at ease and reassured him that she was make to her normal self with him. The pain was still there, throbbing but it was beginning to let up, thankfully, enough to allow him to no longer have to cringe so much and tighten his eyes. As he began to loosen up Rue put her hand behind his neck and on his stomach softly and slowly raising him back up to a sitting position. She then went on to explain to him that if he ate it would help heal him up much faster than if he just rested it off; furthermore, she asked if he was capable of eating and using his arms, as well expressed to him that she would even feed him if he wasn’t capable of using his arms. Tesh could see that she was getting embarrassed from offering such a thing, it was all across her face and in her posture, that this was something that she didn’t really want to do, and would be award for her if she had to do so…She must feel like she needs to do all this because of how brutal she was on me there, Tesh thought to himself. He looked down at his arms, his left still pretty banged up and mangles from that one slice, he tried to lift it up but the pain would stop him as he was only able to move it about a few centimeters, he looked up at Rue as said, “w-wait…” The thought of her feeding him made him incredibly nervous, that would be extremely close for the two of them. The thought of it made him so nervous that he even started blushing slightly, he looked back down at his right arm that was not hit by one of her attacks. He began trying to move this one now, and to a success. It wasn’t limber or flexible by any means, but he was able to move it just enough to feed himself. Relieved from being able to move his right arm, he smiled slightly and titled his head off slightly as well, hoping that she didn’t see him blushing or could tell that the thought of that made him very nervous. Looking over at the table, while he grabbed the cup of tea, which Rue poured for him, he saw the massive amount of food that she had bought. His eyes widened, blowing gently on his tea to cool it down, he looked back at Rue, “What’s with all the food? You didn’t need to do that…” Taking a sip of the tea he was in heaven. He quickly grabbed the plate of food that she made for him, placing it on his lap, and used his right hand to eat. There was so much delicious food he didn’t even know where to begin…he just started chowing down. Swallowing a massive bite of Shrimp and noodles, he looked back at Rue with the face of enjoyment that he had when she took him out to dinner the night before. He was so happy and pleased with the food he almost forgot that he was injured, even one moment forgetting that he couldn’t use his left arm, trying to grab the plate with it, which sent a shock of plain straight up to his neck. He just shook it off though and looked back at Rue smiling, chuckling slightly at his forgetfulness. Even after his first plate of food he was already beginning to feel much better, she was right about eating. After finishing what was probably his fourth or fifth plate by now he was significantly overstuffed, but thoroughly happy. He raised his head once more to look at Rue, who looked rather surprised at the quantity of food he had just consumed, he told her in a calm voice, “yeah…I’m sorry for how I spoke to you this morning…It was just the first time I told anyone that story, and I kind of got upset…I really didn’t mean all that, I never get angry like that, I think it is because I have had all these emotions and no way of expressing them for the past several months of being trapped in this game that made them get all confused and tangled up together. Thank you for setting me straight…I won’t lose my head like that again, I promise.”

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[Rue]

"Never Falter Never Look Back!" ☒ @tagged ✐ 000 ✉ Rue Lv6

Seeing him struggle to move his body made Rue feel even more guilty as he moved his arm slowly. Tesh nervously spoke out, he seemed to be just as embarrassed about her offer to assist him in eating. Smiling at her, Rue nodded and poured him a cup of the tea she had readied for him. His eyes widened in surprise as he saw all of the food she had gotten for him. Looking into the corner of her eye and letting out an abashed chuckle. " We can always save the rest of later meals". Rue played off her shopping spree of concern of the Tesh's injuries that she had caused him, mostly out of worry and anger. Watching to see if he could indeed feed himself. He joyed the tea, and then went on to place the plate on his lap. Using his right hand to eat, Rue fought against her dislike of the boy's poor table manners as he was hurt and only had the use of one arm at the time. Mesmerized by the feast that the tank had got him as an apology for her brutal beating she had giving him. Keeping her face in a kind expression fighting the feelings of disgust from Tesh's gluttony. For someone who was only able o use one arm, he managed to eat his food with astonishing speed. Making plate after plate for him, she could not help, but to be slightly adjusted by his appetite. Looking at Rue his face was dirtied with food, which made her lean away unconsciously from the mess around his mouth. Giving him a serviette to clean his face, Tesh would speak in a calm voice. Rue listened to his apology, but could not accept it. " What are you talking about, i beat you into a inch for your life and you're apologizing? Anyone would be emotional and become angered or lash out after dealing with all that you have been through. I am the one who should be apologizing you fool". Rue's voice got more annoyed as she continued to talk. " Look at what i have done to you. You look like you're mostly made of cloth, and then you calmly tell me that you're in the wrong and apologize". Looking at him with more narrow and focused eyes. " You should be mad at me or hate me fear me even! Why are you sitting there acting like this is all you fault you moron"! Looking down, and sniffling tears fit the wood floor as she tries to hide her emotional distress. She had fought him like he was a killer or a monster, she hurt him and fought as if she was going to kill him. She has never fought someone who was innocent and a friend to her like that. It was very painful to watch as she caused him so much pain. " I'm sorry Tesh.. I'm so very sorry for what i did to you... I put you once again into another moment where you were helpless to fight against or stop pain". Tightening her hands on her legs, she griped so hard that they started to glow red. “ Don’t ask me to train you any more. I don’t want you to for hate and only wishing to kill others. Don’t force me to hurt you, or cause you pain anymore… I don’t want to hurt my friends anymore”.